Words Added to the Draft Telegram from the Central Committee to Zhou Enlai[1]
(November 30, 1956)

It would seem more appropriate for the Soviet side to send the invitation letter in mid- or late December. In addition, I would ask you to assess the situation and, at an opportune moment, expose the subversive activities organized by the West in Hungary. What do you think?

[1] The telegram from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Zhou Enlai, dated November 30, 1956, was forwarded through Pan Zili, the Chinese Ambassador to India, as Zhou Enlai was then on a state visit to India. The telegram stated: On the 29th, when Ambassador Yudin met with Liu Shaoqi, he verbally conveyed Khrushchev's hope that Zhou Enlai, after his visit to Afghanistan, could come to Moscow for talks, and asked whether a formal invitation letter from the Soviet side was necessary. The members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee believed that, under the current circumstances, a formal Soviet invitation for the visit was necessary. What is your opinion? Please consider and reply by telegram so that the Central Committee may reconsider and decide before replying to the Central Committee of the CPSU. When Mao Zedong reviewed the draft telegram, he added this passage at the end.